Burner for lamps



(No Model.)

E. 'J. HALE.

BURNER LAMPS.

No. 285,028. A PatentedSept. 18, 1883.

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ELIAS JONES HALE, or' r-oxonorr, MAINE.

BURNER FOR LAM PS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,028, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

Application filed July 17,1883. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIAS JONES HALE, of Foxcroft, in the county ofPiscataquis, of the State-of Maine, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Burners for Lamps and I do hereby declare the same to bedescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l isa top view, Fig. 2 a bottomview, Fig. 3 a side elevation, and Fig. 4 a transverse section, ofala1np-burner of my improved kind as it appears without its cone. Fig. 5is a top view, and Fig. 6 a side elevation, of the'cone. Fig. 7 is atransverse section of the burner, having the cone in place thereon. Fig.8 is a top view of a duplex wick holder or tube made of a single pieceof metal, such a tube or holder being shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

This burner has two wicks arranged in parallelism with each other, andhaving each of them extended, at one edge of it, beyond the next adjacent edge of the other without lapping thereon, all being substantiallyas set forth,

The burner also has its cone revoluble a short distance relatively tothe wicks, and provided with a horn or projection extended from it downthrough a slot in the chimney-holder, such horn or projection being toenable aperson, by taking hold of it when the chimney is in place onthe'supporter, to turn or revol've the cone to adjust it relatively tothe wicks to cause the flame to rise more or less at its middle, asoccasion may require. ,The object of the two wicks arranged withreference to each other, as described, and having to each a separateelevator, is to enable either to be raised in altitude or adjusted withrespect to the other to prevent aflame from them from forking, or risingat one edge higher than at the other. The burner has a holder or chamberfor each wick, and to each holder or chamber a wickelevator. Thesechambers may be in two separate tubes, or may be formed by a singlepiece of metal, bent in manner as shown in end view in Fig. 8, andsoldered at its opposite edges, a b, to the'median part c,- or suchwick-chambers may be in a single tube made in transverse section, asshown in Fig. 9, in

which case the two wicks would generally be in contact, each extendingbeyond the other edgewise thereof.

In the drawings, A denotes the foraminons supporter for the chimney andthe cone, such supporter being concentric with and fastened to thewick-tube supporter B, through which the wick tube or tubes extend, asshown at 0, such tube or tubes being to carry two sepa rate wicks, DE,.arranged in parallelism with each other, and each extended at oneedge of it beyond the next adjacent edge of the other without lappingthereon. To each wick there is a separate elevator, F, having its shafta properly applied to the wick-tube supporter, and extended therefromand provided with a milled head, (I, as represented. By means of itselevator either wick can be adjusted in altitude relatively to theother, so as to prevent a flame from it from forking or pointing orbecoming pointed more or less at one edge of it. By having two flatwicks arranged as explained the flame formed by them can be made in itslight-giving property nearly if not quite as effective as that of asingle wick having awidth equal to those of both of the said wicks.Besides, awick-tube supporter of less size or diameter can be .used thanwou1d be required for a single wick-tube to carry a wick having a widthdouble that of either of the two wicks. v

The cone G, supported in a circular recess in the chimneysupporter, hasa horn or fin.- ger, f, extending down from it through an areal slot, 9,made in the supporter. By taking hold of the said horn or finger whenthe glass chimney is in place on its supporter a person can turn thecone more or less, so as to change the position of the air-educt of it,or bring it more or less oblique to the wick or wicks, to cause theflame therefrom to rise at its middle or spread laterally, as occasionmay require.

I claim 1.. A lamp-burner provided with two flat wicks arranged side byside or in parallelism, and each extended at one edge of it beyond thenext adjacent edge of the other without lapping thereon, all beingsubstantially as set forth, each of such wicks being movable lengthwisein its tube or holder.

2. A lamp-burner provided with two wickholders or chambers arranged inparallelism, said cone) through a slot in the supporter, 10 and eachextended at one edge of it beyond whereby a person taking holdof suchhorn the next adjacent edge of the other without can turn the cone moreor less for the purpose lapping thereon, all being substantially as setforth, while the chimney may be in place 5v shown and described. on thesupporter.

3. A lamp-burner having its cone revoluble ELIAS JONES ,HALE. on itssupporter, as explained, relatively to WVitnesses: the wick or wicks,and provided with a pro- R. H. EDDY,

jection or horn extended down from it (the E. B. PRATT.

